"The corset is?a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitalityand rendering her permanentlyand obviously unfit for work."

-- Thorstein Veblen

#Purpose Quotes #Rendering Quotes #Mutilation Quotes

“You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.”
“An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone.”
“You know that you are. Don't burden yourself with names, just be. Any name or shape you give yourself obscures your real nature.”
“Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that.”
“I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.”
“Love for family and friends, great as it may be, is much more profound when anchored in the love of Jesus Christ. Parental love for children has more meaning here and hereafter because of Him. All loving relationships are elevated in Him. Love of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ provides the illumination, inspiration, and motivation to love others in a loftier way.”
“A mere chronicle of observed events will produce only journalism; combined with a sensitive memory, it can produce art.”
“If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.”

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